Garbage can holder



Filed Nov7 5, 1945` l2 sheets-sheet;

lou. 15, 1946. s WAR@ 2,409,326

GARBAGE GAN HOLDER Filed NOV. 5, 1945 2 Shee'cs-Sheell 2 Patented Oct..15, 1946 UNITED STATES# PATENT OFFICE" amasar; i" i GAnBAGE CAN- HOLDERStephenv Wargo, Streaton, Ill. Application Ndveinber 5,1945,se1-ia1Nq.62c,tes

This invention relates to the official class of supports and moreparticularly garbage can supports.

The primary object of this invention resides'in the` provision of asupport for garbage cans adapted to retain and lock the covers thereofso as to prevent dogs, cats and other roving animals from upsetting orremoving the same and thereby spread the garbage over the adjacent area.

Another object of this invention resides inthe provision of a supportfor a garbage can adapted to be adjusted to accommodate cans ofdifferent heights.

A further` object of this invention resides in the particularconstruction of the standard.

A still further object of this invention resides in the particularconstruction of the garbage can supporting platform.

Aside from the aforesaid objects this invention resides inthe particularconstruction of the stabilizing yoke for engaging the upper portion ofgarbage cans.

Among the many objects of this invention is the particular constructionof the garbage can cover retaining arm.

One of the salient features of this invention resides in the particularcombination of elements for removably supporting garbage cans andlocking the covers thereon.

With these and other objects in view', this invention resides in certainnovel features of construction and arrangement of elements to behereinafter more particularly set forth in the specication, illustratedin the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims and,although this disclosure depicts my presentconception of the invention,the right is reserved to resort to such departures therefrom as comewithin the spirit of the invention. i

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application;

Fig. 1 is a side View of the garbage can support.

`ig. 2 is a plan View thereof.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the garbage can support.

Fig. 4 is a `perspective View of the standard.

5 is a perspective view of the platform.

6 is a perspective view of the stabilizing yoke.

Fig. '7 .is a perspective view of the arm for locke support adapted tobe disposed in the back yards of residences or other elected places fromwhich Y i l2 claims.- (c1. 24e-14e) garbageA is `collected `andpreferably consists of an angle iron standard B, a substantiallycircular platform I of skeleton construction, a substantiallysemi-circular yoke 8 for retaining a gar-` bage can in upright positionon the platform, and an arm Qswingably secured to the standard'forhorizontal movement' over the garbage can cover'.

The standard 6 consists of upper and Alower sections Iii and IIconnected by a similarly shaped plateV l2 having elongated verticalVslots I3"thereinto accommodate bolts I3 passing through apertures I4 insaid sections toretain them in adjustable relation through theinstrumentality of nuts I5 or the like screwed thereon.

Welded or otherwise secured tothe lower sec-l tion I0 and extending atright angles therefrom is a platform 1 which consists of a strap ofmetal having its inner portion bent at right angles as indicated by thenumeral I6 to seat in the lower section E for secure welding theretowith its outer portion or arms II indicated by the numeral I8 continuingfro-m the aforesaid right angle portions thereof on arcuate lines toprovide a substantially circular flange above the garbage can supportingstraps I9 welded or otherwise secured to the lower edges thereof inspaced relation to one another. Said arms I'I have their outer or freeends spaced as indicated by the numeral 20 to permit grasping of thelower outer edge of a garbage can to lift it off the straps I9 asuflicient distance to clear the upper edges of the arms.

The aforesaidyoke 8 has its inner portion 2| shaped similarly to theinner end of the platform for seating the same in the upper section andwelding it thereto while its outer portions 22 are of arcuate shape withtheir free ends bent outwardly as indicated by the numeral 23 to permitthe upper portion of a garbage can to rest therebetween so as to hold iterect on the platform and yet permit easily removal therefrom.

Secured within the angular portion of the yoke, asby welding orotherwise, is an elongated sleeve 23 having itsbore 24 preferablydisposed in a perpendicular plane to accommodate a trunnion 25 formed onthe inner end of an arm 26 which is adapted to swing on a horizontalplane closely over or in contact with the cover of a garbage can seatedon the platform so as to prevent dogs and the like from removing thesame or dislodging the garbage can from the platform. -Said trunnion isprovided with a flange 2I adapted to rest on the upper end of thesleeveand, in order to retain it in operative position in the sleeve, acotter-pin 28 is inserted in an aperture 29 ad- .jacent the lower endthereof.

Although the lower end of the standard is sharpened as indicated by thenumeral 30 for driving the same into the ground, it is within thepurview of this invention to lx the standard to a support with any wellknown means capable of supporting the same for carrying out thefunctions of the invention with the elements recited.

With this invention fully set forth, it is manifest that means areprovided for both supporting a garbage can in secure position above theground and retaining its cover thereon against removal by clogs, catsand other roaming animals and, through the particularassemblage ofcooperative elements, the support can be manufactured cheaply and soldat a nominal price.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to protect byLetters Patent is:

1. In a garbage can support comprising a standard of angle ironconfiguration, a platform I approximately through the center of a circleupon which the outer portions of the yoke are drawn, a sleeve securedwithin the angular portion of the yoke and having its bore disposed in aperpendicular plane, a garbage can cover locking arm, and means securingthe arm to the sleeve yfor swinging movement on a horizontal plane overthe cover of a. garbage can seated on the base.

2. In a garbage can support, comprising a standard consisting of alignedupper and lower sections of angle iron, an angle iron plate havingelongated slots therein connecting the aforesaid upper and lowersections of the standard, bolts passing through the opposed end portionsof the sections and slots in the plate, nuts on the ends of the bolts, asubstantially circular platform including can supporting straps securedto the lower section of the standard and disposed horizontally at rightangles thereto, a substantially semi-circular yoke secured to the uppersection of the standard and disposed horizontally at right anglesthereto above the platform with its free ends bent outwardly in oppositedirections, a sleeve secured within the yoke at its inner end with theopposite ends thereof terminating above and below the upper and loweredges thereof and its bore dispo-sed in a perpendicular plane, a garbagecan cover` locking arm, a trunnion formed on the inner end of the arm atright angles thereto to dispose in the bore of the sleeve for swingablysupporting the arm on a horizontal plane in close relation to the coverof a garbage can seated on the platform, a collar formed on the trunnionand resting on the upper surface of the sleeve, and fastening meansrotatably securing the trunnion within the bore of the sleeve.

STEPHEN WARGO.

